JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The race for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Claire McCaskill just got a little more crowded.

St. Louis businessman John Brunner Monday became the third announced Republican candidate. He joins a field of already-announced candidates former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman and current U.S. Representative Todd Akin.

7:08 p.m. New Haven, Mo. -- Softball Update -- Lady Rocks defeat Bourbon 17-5 in their finial season home game. They will start district play on Wednesday at Silex against Wellsvile beginning at 7:00p.m. Summary of tonights game as well as player interviews to come.

Yesterday New Haven Police officers responded for a report of a fight in progress involving weapons near the area of Maupin Street and Maiden Lane.

The subjects had fled the scene prior to officers arriving. The reporting party stated at least three men were fighting in the street, and a woman came out of the residence and had displayed a pump action shotgun and chambered a round, causing two of the men to run away.

DURHAM, N.C. – Duke women’s basketball is offering a great Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) mini-plan ticket package for the upcoming 2011-12 season. The ACC 4-Pack includes one reserved ticket for the following games -- Florida State (Jan. 13), Maryland (Jan. 22), Wake Forest (Feb. 2) and Miami (Feb. 24) -- all for the price of just $50.

Sat., Oct. 1 2011 at approximately 9:00 pm, Franklin County Deputies responded to the Emergency Room at Mercy Hospital in Washington for a report of an assault. When Deputies arrived they made contact a 46-year-old victim from Villa Ridge. The victim had been severely beaten and was reportedly found by family members after being left unconscious in a ditch road side in the Villa Ridge area.